Mayo author's much awaited sequel hitting the shelves
A NEW book from award-winning Castlebar children's author Kevin Moran will hit the shelves on October 5.
The Doomsday Club: Bog Bodies is the highly anticipated sequel to Moran's best-selling novel The Doomsday Club.
This thrilling new adventure features everyone’s favourite characters from his award-winning debut.
Funny and action-packed with scares aplenty, a group of four friends deal with growing up and the challenges of friendships, families, and otherworldly shenanigans from the darkest realms of Irish folklore.
'The boys have got a sinking feeling …
Jack followed the track of Conan’s eyes. The marshy ground beneath them seemed to pulsate. Something was moving beneath it like parasites crawling under skin. And then Jack saw them. A pair of blue flames flickering, inexplicably, beneath a frozen puddle. Ghostly eyes, staring out from below.
Darren whined and Jack looked again at the weathered, rotten thing gripping his ankle. It wasn’t a tree root.
It was a hand.’
A school trip to the remote island of Inis Fola might be Jack, Jerry and Yash’s idea of fun, but it sounds like hell on earth to Conan. And once the Doomsday Club boys arrive at Camp Eclipse, things get even worse: there’s girls and posh kids from another school to deal with.
But then haunting blue lights are seen across the bog and people start to disappear …
Evil is stirring in the dark. Could the stories of a thousand-year-old demon buried beneath the bog be true?
Maybe bringing the summonstone to a cursed island wasn’t the brightest idea they’ve ever had.
‘The Doomsday Club is Ireland’s answer to The Hardy Boys, mixed with magic and a hint of darkness that young readers look for. Bog Bodies is another heart-stopping adventure that will leave even the most jaded shape-shifter hungry for more.’ - Gráinne O’Brien.
‘Fast-paced, tense and frighteningly funny, Bog Bodies is the perfect sequel to The Doomsday Club.’ - Ciara O’Connor, author of Skidderwolves.
‘This second Doomsday Club book has everything. It's thrilling, cinematic, and funny. Kevin Moran is a brilliant storyteller.’ - Pádraig Kenny.
‘Moran’s sequel is creepier and even more chaotic than his first. This is middle grade horror at its best.’ - Ellen Ryan.
Kevin Moran is a primary school teacher, native of Castlebar, whose debut novel, The Doomsday Club, won the Eilis Dillon Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2026, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Children’s Book (Senior) 2025 and was named runner-up at the Great Reads Award 2025. The Doomsday Club: Shape-Shifters was a best-selling World Book Day 2026 title.
When not writing, Kevin can often be found on the beach near his home in Dublin, being walked by his golden retriever.